Shabti of Djehuty card

Shabti of Djehuty

1570 BC - 1520 BC (Dynasty 17 - 18)
18.12.10.3

On display

World Museum

Information

Mummiform shabti wearing a plain tripartite wig. The face is particularly well carved for its type, with the eyes, nose, mouth and ears all clearly defined in the modelling. The posterior of the figure is defined, and the body of the figure tapers down towards the ankles and feet, the latter being quite naturalistic in their rendering. The body of the shabti has six vertical columns, in places overlapping each other, of hieratic inscription added in black. The owner is named as Djehuty, followed by a rather garbled version of Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead. A linen bandage is associated with the object but it might not originally be connected. The shabti is probably from the 1898–1899 excavations at Dra Abu el–Naga that were funded by the 5th Marquess of Northhampton, and led by Percy Newberry. Glenn Janes writes: "museum records state that this shabti belongs with shabtis 18.12.10.4 and coffin 18.12.10.2, but this grouping was most likely to have been assembled as such in modern times." Transliteration and translation of the inscription: sHD DHwty ir ip.tw n nb Hr? A mk wi kA.tn DHwty r kA.t rn? ir(y) f A t (?) Xnt n iAb.tt sx.t (r) smH.y wDb.w (i)m? m Xr.t-nTr m s ...?, "The illuminated one, Djehuty, if you are counted … ‘here I am’ when you call Djehuty, to do works … west … to ferry … fields, to irrigate the river banks, there in the realm of the dead …?"

Specifications

Accession number
18.12.10.3
Collection type
Religion
Culture
Second Intermediate Period – Early New Kingdom
Place made
Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Thebes: Dra' Abu el Naga
Date made
1570 BC - 1520 BC (Dynasty 17 - 18)
Collector
Percy Edward Newberry
Place collected
Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Thebes: Dra' Abu el Naga
Date collected
1910 before
Materials
Wood; Pigment
Measurements
Overall: 101 mm x 19 mm x 21 mm
Credit line
Gift of Professor Percy E Newberry, 1910
Legal status
Permanent collection
Provenance
Percy Edward Newberry, Donor, Division of Finds, Owned until: 1910-12-18
Location
On display: World Museum, Level 3, Ancient Egypt Gallery
Publications
Mere Scraps of Rough Wood? 17th-18th Dynasty Stick Shabtis in the Petrie Museum …